Anubias out of water?

[Lolita]

Hello all!

So I know I'll be putting Anubias into my new tank set up when I get it (next week I think, yaay!) It's my favorite aquarium plant. I have also read that the Anubias plants do just as good out of water... I don't remember who told me this, though--so I don't know if it's actually true.

What I'm thinking about doing is planting some Anubias into the top square of the filter unit instead of having some tacky fake plants.

I was thinking of planting it with rocks, or just having rocks alone without the plant.

Would it survive this way?

[smaug]

I have persoanlly kept coffeefolia anubia emmersed. It does very well if the environment is very damp and humid. The roots and rhizome must stay damp all the time. I kept mine in a vivarium with some roots buried but most exposed. After I tore it down I simply put them in my aquarium. If the plant is grown emersed it will lose its leaves when submersed and vica versa.

[Lolita]

:) I think I'll try it, then! The plant would be mostly under water, it would just be the leaves and stems sticking out. Thanks!